Introduction:

This pathfinder is designed to help you locate information on the 50 states in the United States.

Books:

Online Reference Sources:

Facts about the Fifty States by Sue R. Brandt (JUV 973 Br73)

Kids Learn America by Patricia Gordon (JUV 973 Go65)

Picture Book of the U.S.A. by Beth Goodman (JUV 917.3 Go62)

Children's Atlas of the United States (JUV 912.73 Ch43)

World Book Encyclopedia (Adult Reference 031 Wo89)
This is the best place to start your search. Find your state in alphabetical order in the encyclopedia.

The following sets of books can be found at the end of the 900s in the Children's Library.

Celebrate the States
From Sea to Shining Sea
It's My State
Facts and Symbols
Portrait of America
Hello U.S.A.

Search catalog under alphabetical subject using the name of your state.

 

 

Kids Search (up to 5th grade) - Search using the name of the explorer you are researching.

Student Research Center (5th grade and up) - Search using the name of the explorer you are researching.

Gale Discovering Collection - Search using the name of the explorer you are researching to locate images, biographies and more.

History Reference - Search using the name of the explorer you are researching to locate books and journals articles.

Ebscohost - Select some or all of the following subdatabases: Middle Search Plus, Academic Search Elite, MasterFile Premiere. Search using the name of the explorer you are researching to locate books and journals articles. 

State Geography
Provides students and teachers with resources on individual states and the country as a whole. Information on people, events and places plus e-books on the topics.